Democratic Republic of the Congo
Virunga National Park
The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.
Mexico City, Mexico
The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.
Mbarara, Uganda
One of the most detailed and historically accurate collections of Ugandan artifacts depicting Bahima tribal history, culture, and daily life.
Fez, Morocco
This former royal palace with gorgeous gardens became the first museum in Morocco.
Louisville, Kentucky
The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.
Nyabushozi, Uganda
Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.
Madrid, Spain
This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.
Bogotá, Colombia
Erected in 1803, it is the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
Comunidad Challapampa, Bolivia
Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.
La Convención Province, Peru
A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.
Duzluk, Croatia
Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.
Atlanta, Georgia
The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'
Whittier, Alaska
The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.
Équihen-Plage, France
These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.
New York, New York
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
Bruges, Belgium
The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.
Madrid, Spain
The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.
Namatjira, Australia
A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.
London, England
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
Papantla, Mexico
The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.
Choum, Mauritania
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Vienna, Austria
Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.
Cuilapam de Guerrero, Mexico
This abandoned convent keeps the tomb of a legendary beheaded princess.